Thanks very much Karl and Jörn.
Exactly what I needed.
Cheers,
Bruce
At 12:19 p.m. 6/12/2006, you wrote:
>Try this:
>
> $('#iNodeID').change( function() {
> if ( this.selectedIndex > -1 )
> $('#sLinkText').val(
> this.options[ this.selectedIndex ].text );
> });
>
>Karl Rudd
>
>On 12/6/06, Bruce MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello again,
> >
> > I've taken one step closer to fixing this problem:
> >
> >
> $('#iNodeID').change(function(){$("#sLinkText").val($("#iNodeID").attr("value"))});
> >
> > returns the value of the selected option,
> but I still don't know how to get
> > the text between the option tags; .attr("option") doesn't return the text.
> >
> > While I could just append the text to the
> value attribute and then strip it
> > serverside before processing the value, I'm reluctant to do that because
> > some of the option strings are quite long and there are many options - I
> > don't want to add unnecessary weight to the page.
> >
> > What am I still missing here? What is my next option?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> > At 09:16 a.m. 6/12/2006, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I'd appreciate some help with a form element task I wish to achieve.
> >
> > I have a form containing three elements (2 text and 1 select).
> > [sNewNodeTitle]
> > [iNodeID] <--- select
> > [sLinkText]
> >
> > For reasons that aren't important here, the user will either enter
> > something into sNewNodeTitle or select an existing item from the iNodeID
> > dropdown list. What I want to do is have either the entered text or the
> > text between the iNodeID select tags to be replicated into sLinkText.
> >
> > I've achieved the latter with
> > $('#sNewNodeTitle').keyup(function(){if(this.value.length>0)
> > $('#sLinkText').val(this.value);});
> >
> > but I don't know how to get the required info from the select element. I
> > don't want the value of the selected select element (it will be an integer)
> > - I need the text.
> >
> > Can someone please provide me with some direction here.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> >
> >
> >
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